04/01/2026
Working Dog Wednesday....banging out reps...
The tracking today was on point. Little homie is up to almost 2/3rds of a mile! We had wind, different surfaces, human and dog cross tracks and high and low terrain. Truly realistic. Now we just keep pushing forward and challenging the team!
Also got some detetction done.
Sometimes the reps are for the dog. Sometimes they're for the handler. Sometimes both. Its true that some dogs are just turn-key. Most are not, as there are too many variables in play that affect things. It takes time (and reps) to build that solid bond and strong relationship.
You can claim to be the best dog trainer in the world, have the strongest, hardest, badest dogs out there, and all the other bravdo this industry likes to advertise. Yet there's still one thing you can't teach: LEASH TIME!
Hands on, boots dirty work done by the dog and handler together. Real experience is earned, not taught, through success and failures as they work in unison. We can teach, guide, instruct, mentor, regale etc, but it does not replace the real learning that takes place when a handler picks up that leash.
Therefore, its reps, reps and more reps...then some more. "You can't do enough reps for a job that requires reps"...think Clifford said that, or was it Lassie?
Anyway, good job today team. Really working hard.
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